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the vehicle was expected to replace the ford focus in the u.s. late nexar but the company now says the economics no longer make sense following a 25% tariff. >> themp administration is considering linking capital gains taxes to inflation. now that means the taxpayers could adjus the initial value of an asset for inflation when selling it, pentially reducing the amount of capital gains tax they would nd to pay. such a move is tantamount to a tax cut for the rich. a similar measure was considered by george h.w. bush, but it was ultimately dropped. the presidentts to ease retirement account rules and h signed an executive order that mould require how minimum distributions f01(k) plans and iras are calculated for people older than 70.5. he also wants to make it easier for small business owners to grep together to prov workers with retirement plans. the white house says high costs cueently discour employers from offering the 401(k) accounts. ft>>> coke is a coffee fix. the dow component is buyin the british coffee chain costa for $5 billion making thi

the chp said they tried to pull over a ford focus about 11:00 p.m. last night on interstate 80 in richmond for speed. it sped away at speeds at 115 miles an hour. the chase went north on 80 across the bridge and through -- and ended north of fairfield. the car got off the freeway at cherry glenn road. the driver and a passenger ran away. but both were captured. the driver was arrested. today we're hoping to find out the names of the two people involved in that chase. >>> a san francisco supervisor is look to where people can park overnight. it is to reduce the number of of people park thing living out of their vehicles. they want to ban oversized vehicles on wonderful -- wolf street. neighbors said they complain they no longer feel safe living there. but the people in rvs said they have few options. >>> still ahead, a bay area is back home. >>> firefighters are battling a new wildfire. we'll detail evacuations that are underway. in 2011, california passed a law requiring carbon monoxide alarms in single-fami... (beeping) ...in single-family homes. th

liz: welcome back ford, scrapping plans to build a china build ford focus. sident trump's tariffs. ford stock in the red today. >> next case, nbc news boss defending his handling of harvey weinstein reporting that won a pulitzer. quote, we spend 8 months pursuing this story, like plane others still did not have a single victim or witness willing to go on record. comcast closing the day in red, my panel is back. to you chris. producer now says, i was told not to do the interview. i was ordered to stand down, killing the story, this producer chris saying that was unethical and a massive breach of inti greaty, what is your take. >> rich and ronan said that rose mcgowan was rollin responsible willing to go on record, and middle according to rich of planning a trip to los angeles to interview someone with a quote, credible accusation of rape. a lot of -- did drop the story it is true a lot of times it can be frustrating as editor, you have a reporter who condition naiconditionnail it down, but, e with the story, saying they are lying about this, they killed story,

chp tried to pull over a ford focus on interstate 880. the car did not stop and sped away. at one point, 115 miles pro and the chase went east across cartagena's bridge and through vallejo and it stopped after the car got off the freeway and the driver and passenger ran away but were both captured and the driver was arrested. >>> in the south bay, a car burglary suspect is in custody after stealing a tesla model x and then crashing it. it started at about 5:00 in santa clara county. deputies responded and noticed the suspect driving away in the tesla. they began chasing it and the suspect ultimately crashed near west santa clara street and ran away but deputies and canine officers tracked him down and made the arrest. >>> three people face felony hit-and-run charges after driver ran into two children riding their bikes in san jose last week and it was caught on video. this is the white car and you can watch as it hits not one but two children as they approached the intersection of cottle road and el molina way. the driver of this white honda civic did not stop but backed up

the police tried to pull over a ford focus about 11:00 last night for speeding on the car did not stop and instead, sped away with speeds up to 115 miles-an-hour. the chase went north on interstate 80, across the cartagena's bridge and through vallejo and ended north of fairfield after the car got off at cherry glen road and the driver and the passenger ran away. the driver was arrested. today, we hope to find out the names of the two involved in that chase. >>> we are learning more about a woman who died after jumping out of a moving ambulance in dublin. police said the woman fought with officers yesterday when they tried to arrest her for driving into several cars and hitting a pedestrian. as they took her into custody, she reached for the gun of an officer and they tased her. later, as they were taking her to the psychiatric hospital by ambulance, she began to struggle with the attendance. she broke free of her restraints at a stop sign and broke through the ambulance on to the connector westbound 580 and was hit and killed by two cars. >> it's not normal for somebody to break out o

trump tweet, on sunday the president claiming he had forced ford, the car company to build the ford focusinese-built vehicles. what ford had said is that they dropped plans to ship the model from china to america, after that tweet came out on sunday they clarified they would no longer look to sell the model in the u.s. at all since they had not expected huge sales numbers and to build it in the u.s. would not be profitable anyway. >> the devil is always in the details sometimes overlooked by the president. i want to ask you about jack ma, one of the wealthiest people in the world, china's e-commerce pioneer announced that he's planning on stepping down as chairman of alibaba next year. what does that mean for the company and for e-commerce in china this general? >> reporter: well, for the company it means that in a year's time exactly which will be 20 years since the firm was founded by jack ma, that dan zing one of his principal proteges will take over at chairman, he is currently the ceo. he's 46, ma, i think, is 54, he is one of the richest men in the world, certainly the richest men i

the ford focus active is a crossover vehicle, set to be built in china and sold in the u.s. tariffs pushed by president trump have made that plan too expensive. they're cancelling the china plant, and trump who once raged at ford for offshoring jobs -- >> disgrace. it's disgraceful -- >> reporter: is tweeting triumph. this is just the beginning! this car can now be built in the usa! but hold on, ford officials say. despite still producing the vast majority of their vehicles in the u.s., they are not going to put that china plant closer to home or even offer that car to americans. it would not be profitable, given an expected annual sales volume of fewer than 50,000 units. >> the forgotten men and women of our country are forgotten no more. >> reporter: trump has long promised he could deliver for blue collar workers, saying he would spur big names like ford, harley-davidson and apple to create many for jobs domestically. >> apple will start building factories and plants in this country, and will make their products in the united states instead of china, vietnam and all sorts

the president urged ford to build its focus active model in the u.s. after the automaker canceled plans to import it from china citing cost issues due to tariffs. ford is standing by its decision saying it wouldn't be profitable to built focus active here in america. pack over to you. >> interesting this call over twitter as opposed to setting up a meeting. thanks, kate. >>> in the week ahead, experts take another look at that cracked window at san francisco's millennium tower. in the past few days a worker will rappel down the side of that building to do another evaluation, this after an inspection saturday hit a snag. drone set up to inspect the glass crashed. two years ago nbc bay area's investigative unit broke the story the skyscraper was sinking and tilting. experts are trying to figure out if the cracked window is linked to those problems or being caused by something else. >>> okay, so we get started with this week and the weather, starting out nice and cool. kari, will it continue? >> it will continue. here is a live look in san jose this mornin

basically ford was going to make therefore focus -- their ford focus in china and export it to the u.s. they were not expecting many sales in the u.s.. still, it was a cost-saving move, it was a product perhaps americans wanted in the small suv sized, across over. the president of north american ford said our resources could be better deployed. in july the trarrifs donald trump imposed on auto exports to the u.s. from china, that includes even american companies who want to do it. it does not make sense with an added levy of 25%. tip of the the iceberg if as well donald trump imposes these kind of auto trarrifs on the european union, bmw, mercedes, volkswagen. also if canada if they get lumped into this as well, because there are a lot of car part manufacturers in canada. toyota buys parts from the plant there for their rav 4's. also gm has plants in canada. they have parts made in canada which go into the chevy equinox. haidi: later today we're watching the belgian road. what do you know about the attempt to lead a narrative back to what he is trying to do rather than getting caught u

ford. now again -- neil: chad, sorry to interrupt you, it is going to be just focus on ford tomorrow, her accusations, her comments, none of these others? >> now there is committee activity behind-the-scenes looking at some of the information michael avenatti provided. we heard that in the past half hour. democrats could raise that you can say and raise any question in a hearing. you can make points of order, you could drag this out a little bit. just depends what the democrat want to do. go back to the tactics in the hearing couple weeks ago, chuck grassley the chair indicated he tried to work would ford's counsel to make this as hospitable as possible. he expressed earlier to fox he thinks she is coming. they will try not to make this into a media circus. his words. neil: good luck on that, my friend. always good getting clarification from you. getting details what judge kavanaugh will testify to, what comments will be. he expects to tell the senate judiciary committee he never did anything remotely resembling the allegations by doctor ford. he category and unequivocally any of the allegations made

by current, it's not clear whether it wl only focus on dr. ford's allegation. >> in my past. i have seen people interviews and re-interviewed again. >> the key figures in the case, dr. ford, judge kavanaugh's friend mark judge whom ford says was in the room during that attack. all say they will cooperate. one weekno ish, nbc is told. we'll see how it plays out. >> more breaking newsight now. district police tell us they confirm aoung girl was shot in northeast tonight. she has non-life-threatening injuries after the shooting at 16th and e streets off of benning road and that corridor there where police have see a rash of shootings recently. police have not confirmed the girl's age or identit yet. look for updates tomorrow morning. >>> a former d.c. police employee who was laalready in b trouble in connection to a gang-related shootin is now charged with conspiracy to commit murder in that case. ron ca jennings was charged back in april. prosecutors say she passed sensitive information to a gang member who kille a man in southeast d.c. last year. today jennings was charged wit

you had other companies, some i think is you know, can't bring ford focus. ularly ford's cars. corporate america should be fighting back on this? because here's my concern. when we had the tentative deal with mexico and they said we would have greater share of automobiles built in this country the corporate world, the globalists said, that means higher prices for the consumer. you know, would, there is not a chicken and egg thing, steve. it doesn't matter what the prices are if i don't have a job. they were saying they didn't like the idea of more jobs in america because prices would go higher. seems disingenuous, what they're saying their margins would get a little bit lower. >> well in terms of jobs, again you can't hire people. you have wanted signs all over the place. in skilled jobs, hvac, can't get people, pays 80, $100,000 a year. we have a booming auto industry in tennessee, alabama, south carolina. we revived manufacturing. how do you revive manufacturing? get a booming economy. that is very different from trade abuses. charles: they will have to mak

that it's christine blasey ford will be the focus of this. that will not stop the democratic senators on that panel when the judge's turn to respond to dr. ford's charges to address these other women. enter emily. this could turn into bedlam, couldn't it? what is your sense? >> yeah. this is a very, very fragile situation. i think there's a reason that there's a seasoned prosecutor that will be doing a lot of the questioning tomorrow. not only because there are no female republican senators on the senate judiciary committee but she's seasoned in investigating sex crimes. i think we'll see her being leaned on heavily and for a reason. but this is a very fragile situation. when you have allegations like this, of course it is. but at the same time, i think it's very, very important to note from what i sense the mood of the republican base has shifted critically when it comes to allegations of president trump will feel embolden and that could embolden republicans on the judiciary committee. there's a sense that what is happening a democratic delay

that proposed tariffs on chinese goods would impact severalts prod the president also urged ford to build it's focusl in the u.s. after the auto maker cancelled plans to import it from china. ford is standing by it's decision saying it wouldn't bei prle to build the focus here in the u.s. morning. good monday we're still dealing with flooding concerns in northern maryland. at the bus stop, you need the raincoat. it's going to be cool and damp this morning. rain boots if you're walking the do and for the commute expect some showers. a closer look at the 7-day forecast and check on hurricane florence coming up. florence coming up. n> major back up to one i as your home becomes more connected,ee you need fios toup and fios is the 100% fiber-optic network... which means you get phenomenal capacity for your tech. now, get $200 toward a range ofe and nestmart home devices plus the fastest internet available, up to 200 tv channels, phone, and a 2-year pri guarantee, all for $79.99 per month with a 2-year agreement. plus rder online by september, and you'll get a $150 verizon prepaid mastercard. go to getfi

ford's allegations. in the end, the heings focus two people facing perhaps what's the most ng moment of their lives. ford. >> i anticipate needing caffeine if that is available. >> reporter: clearly nervous thrust into the national spotlight. us>> i've been a of acting out of partisan political motives. those w that do not know me. i am an independent person and no one's pawn. >> reporter: kavanaugh's parents and wife came to defend his reputation. defeat mey in the final vote but you'll never get me to it, never. >> reporter: whatever the senate decides to do kavanaugh's nomination, today was another pivotal day in american politics. deeplyd personal emotional with an already divisive era. lester? ter, thank you. ford like kavanaugh seen her life turned upside down since going pub hc but story is inspiring ot silence.ak their the national sexual assault hot line seen a 147% spike in calls since she came forward. our kate snow has more on her words, more from her own words and her own voice heard publicly today for the first time. >> thanks, of course, to dr. ford. >> rorter: the moment dr. christine

looking at the automakers, ford is in focus, and tesla falling to a three-month low. let's look at the size of the moves, because that was the biggest decline. negative news that were sadie's is advancing its move with an electric car, so new competition there. gm was down about 2%, and reportedly had about a 13% decline in sales, double what analysts expected. this chart shows for, 10 the leading carmakers, is thinking about withdrawing its export it would china because of the terror of issue. ramy: let's get the first word news -- because of the tariff issue. slumped after the colin kaepernick just do it at. apex marketing says nike receive more than $40 million of media exposure in the ad's first 24 hours. 31 percent this year through friday's close. yorklimbed briefly in new as a powerful weather system forms in the gulf of mexico. it temporarily shut down production of two operations. about 100ing kilometers per hour as it heads for louisiana. new orleans has declared a state of emergency, 13 years after being devastated by hurricane katrina. reeling afteris the

ford. they want the focus today to be on ford and that's where they think it should be.s lawyers actually released a statement and said, last minute attempts that seek to undermine dr. ford won't work. that's where we are now, wolf. >> you know, it is interesting. we're going to be watching this. and, jake, this is a historic moment for the country right now. the united states supreme court nominee potentially is 53 years old. he could be on the supreme court making critically important decisions for 30, maybe 40 years. the whole country will be watching this hearing this morning. >> two points on that. first of all, we can't overstate it's impossible to overstate how important her testimony is going to be today. there are literally nobody on capitol hill knows what's going to happen. nobody on capitol hill knows how credible she is going to seem. nobody on capitol hill knows how credible brett kavanaugh will seem. and a lot is riding on their testimony today and their presentation. i don't want to pressure either one of them if they're watching, but the truth of the mat

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a the presideo urged ford to build it's focus active model in the u.s. r theuto makers cancelled plans to import it from china ford is standing by.ou for morning business report, i'm kate rogers. >> john legend joins an exclusive club. he achieved e.g.o.t. status. he won an emmy, grammy, oscar, and a tony. last night, legend won for producing jesus christ star live that aired here on nbc. he also played the title rolean is nominated for outstanding actor in a limited series or movie. it will air live right here on september 17th. it's a huge feat. congratulations. >> well it's celebrating it's gacy with a festival this saturday. >> take a look back at the devastating riots of 1968 and how far the area has com since then. live at the bookstore on 8th street. what can people expect at the festival. >> it's all about celebrating the old and the new. we'rero ging this morning to the musicnd we're going to talk about the 1968 riots which iso incorporated int the theme this year coming up on news 4 today at 6:00. >> still ahead, weekend full of pounding rain le

. >> reporter: judge denies ford's allegations, but in the end, the hearings focus two people facing the most defining moment of their lives. ford -- >> i anticipate needing some caffeine if that is available. >> reporter: clearly nervous, thrust into the national spotlight. >> i've been accused of acting out of partisan political motives. those who say that do not know me. i am an independent person, and i am no one's pawn. >> reporter: kavanaugh whose parents and wife came to see him, defend his reputation. >> you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. never. >> reporter: whatever the kavanaugh's nomination, today was another pivotal moment in american politics, deeply personal and emotional, punctuated with a decisive era. >>> christine blasey ford's story is inspiring others to break their silence. the national sexual assault hotline says it's seen a 147% spike in calls since she came forward. our kate snow has more on from her own words and her own voice heard publicly today for the first time. >> thanks, of course, to dr. ford -- >> reporter: the momen

david: you could call it that but ford was planning starting next year to build this new focus activerossover suv, a small suv into china and exporting, but the new levies on it notit basically makes very economically viable. the ford president of north america saying resources could be better deployed. they were only protecting -- projecting to sell 50,000 in the u.s.. they sell 2.5 million in the u.s. domestically, so it is a symbolic victim if you will of the escalating trade conflict. ramy: looking ahead, i know that you are also looking to president xi jinping's speech promoting the belt and road initiative. can he change the narrative back to china's initiatives rather than president trump's? i think he will try. i agree with ros. he will not go to asean or aipac, he is leaving an opening for xi jinping to continue to talk about and lay the fears -- allay the fears and china's rising influence to the negative side with belt and road. he has a chance to seize the narrative again especially after china was rebuked and saying we don't necessarily need this new era of colonialism. h

ford in the room. not remarkable that others wouldn't remember. so those are the three testimonies you should focusth dr. ford we have this circumstance substantial guarantee of honesty that she related this story long before judge kavanaugh was ever nominated to the supreme court and it is in fact reflected in her therapist notes and her husband was aware of it, too. it seems unlikely she would have made this up all those years ago. those are the issues senators can weigh. >> you mentioned mark judge. he says i don't recall this party and i don't want to testify publicly. ford's team wants him to be subpoenaed and compelled to testify. how does this play out? how vital is his voice to this conversation? >> typically we don't let witnesses make a decision about whether or not they want to testify unless, of course, they're victims, where there's a little bit more leniency. when we've just got a fact witness being asked what did you see when this happen, what did you observe, there seems to be little rationale for letting him get away from testifying under oath. if he's in fact the linchpin for judg

current credible allegations, and we just got some reporting that said it will focus on the allegations brought by christine blasey fordon mark judge as a possible witness. is that your understanding as well? i mean, there are two other women who have come forward. are they going to be interviewed, deborah ramirez? do you know how many agents are going to be involved in this? >> the reference is to current credible allegations. in my view, the allegations made by deborah ramirez and julie swetnick are very credible. they certainly are current, and they have to be investigated as well because they're part of a pattern, an m.o. and the mark judge subpoena, which i moved, my motion to subpoena him as a witness to our committee was rejected by a party line vote unfortunately at the very outset of our judiciary committee. he is certainly a key witness, and he must be interviewed at length. he said he would cooperate but only in a confidential interview. it has to be public and sworn. >> so is the scope of the investigation, is it not settled? is it entirely up to the fbi? will you be informed in the coming days what the sco

ford's testimony. let's focus on that. this speculation of what might occur in the future, it makes a good news story. it doesn't address what we're dealing with right now. this is a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. we have had background information on j at been concealed in ways we have never seen before the committee. his 35 months as staff secretary to president bush have really been hidden to us. we can't see any documents from that period. and they created this thing, committee confidential. i've been on this committee for 20 years. i have never seen this applied as a way to keep the documents away from the public. all of this concealing and hiding is coming back to haunt them now. as allegations have been made, by dr. ford. serious allegations have been to be investigated. >> senator durbin, thank you for your time. >> thank you, george. >>> we reached out to every republican member of the senate judiciary committee. none of them agreed to appear. we're joined now by republican strategist sara

. >> president trump offered business advice and ford can start making its focus in the united statesit doesn't make business sense to make the wagon here and it would not be profitable, and ford was responding to a weekend tweet from the president claiming tariffs on chinese imports meant the business could be moved to the u.s. ford says it has no plans to build the wagon in the u.s. last year ford did cancel the plan to send them to the u.s. production will remain in europe and the wagon will be sold overseas. john, quick, ford was quick to respond to the president's tweet saying no we are not going to take that business advice. >> they will do what makes them money, as businesses usually do. >>> a huge controversy. c whatever she goes, controversy follows. >> what everybody is going to be remembering from the u.s. open is what happened between serena and the chair umpire, carlos ramos on saturday night. serena was fined $17,000 with three code violations, and a point penalty for smashing her racket and then penalized a game for calling ramos a thief for taking that point away. sere

ford. she wanted to focus exactly what happened that day but during before and after the attack allegedly happened. a few questions went unanswered. where exactly did this attack take place? what day did this attack take place and how did get home. the prosecutor, lawyer, zeroed in on the polygraph ford took and passed according to her attorney from that report. >> have you ever given tips or advice for somebody looking to take a polygraph test. >> never. >> okay. did you pay for the polygraph yourself? >> i don't, i don't think so. >> okay. do you know who did pay for the polygraph? >> not yet, no. reporter: that was rachel mitchell talking to ford. she was also able to say ford fly as lot during vacation for our work. one. reasons this hearing was delayed until today because ford's attorneys were saying that she was afraid to fly. so again that guys to her credibility. after this testimony from ford, judge brett kavanaugh will have his chance under oath. trish? trish: okay. thank you so much, edward lawrence. we'll go back to d.c. right now where we're watching senator durbin talking to the repo

in a statement ford responded saying, quote, it would not be profitable to build a focus active in thegiven the forecast for yearly sales below 5,000 models two weeks ago ford said it was dropping plans to ship the vehicle from china to america citing new tariffs. >>> stay with trade news china's trade surplus with the u.s. widening to a record $31 billion. china/u.s. surplus rises to nearly 15% so far this year. the numbers could add fuel with the trade war that's brewing between washington and beijing let's bring in maddy duffler i appreciate you joining us bright and early, rainy and early this morning this is a story that requires a three dimensional chess board to follow the trade fight where exactly from a taxpayer union standpoint, where do we stand at the moment? >> reporter: well, it's an interesting question, brian. we've had a lot of movement on the trade front. in china, last week we had not one but two threats from the president about increasing tariffs on chinese products. there was a period for comment on that last week and now the administration is essentially free to e

the suggestion there, is wrong the suggestion that ford will build the focus active in the united states, that's not going to happen. they are not building that vehicle in the u.s. because it's a low-volume vehicle in terms of sales here in the u.s. they are build sitcom in dh because these where they sell most also in europe because they sell them here here in the u.s. maybe 50,000 not world building here in this country. >> how long has magic hack et been ceo. >> more than a year. >> more than a year. >> i think it was june of last year. >> yeah, it seems like an extraordinarily long time for ceo to have without gichg wall street a decent idea of the plan. >> that's the problem. the folks on walsz are in the dark most the most part. they have ideas, about a restructuring maybe a cut in the labor force other than that they are waiting. they are waiting before with they say we get it and it makes sense. we think ford can make money on autonomous vehicles. but until they get the details a lot of people are saying i'm not sure it's worth going near the stocks. >> at the same time it's amaz

i want to focus on dr. ford and the allegation that was in front of congress yesterday and the allegation we're all focused on. i don't want to take away from the other allegations that have come out. let's focus on the one that people are deciding to have a hearing for in which the fbi is now investigating along with the others. focusing on that and that's what he was defending himself for yesterday. he did bring out very political talking points. are you comfortable with that? would you have been comfortable if somebody nominated by president obama or a democrat had done the same thing towards the right? >> the context of the environment before the senate for one specific allegation, but the news environment was covering everything. i'm not uncomfortable. i'm not uncomfortable because in a moment in time when he's defending his honor and his very good character, which he's built up over his career and hundreds of women who have worked with him, worked for him, been taught by him attest to his good nature, his

but there is another focus it really important, and that is judge kavanaugh's credibility. dr. ford has made an exceptionally specific allegation, one she made years ago, i think six years ago, to a family therapist, long before judge kavanaugh was nominated to the supreme court. she volunteered to take a lie detector test, which she passed. judge kavanaugh, meanwhile, has "categorically and unequivocally denied to the entire story." there is no wiggle room in that denial. does not remember. complete denial. someone is not telling the truth. someone is not telling the truth. now here is what president trump said, quoting bob woodward's book about sexual assault allegations. president trump said, "you have got to deny, deny, deny, and pushback on these women. if you admit to anything and any kind of culpability when you are down, you have got to be strong. you have got to push back hard. you have got to deny anything that is said about you. never admit." is judgeestion looms, kavanaugh taking a page from president trump's playbook? are the people advising judge kavanaugh telling him

. >> his focus is who revealed the name and how is it the identity of blasey ford came to be as opposed to the focus being getting to the bottom of the allegations. does that already cesend a message? >> we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we can investigate what happened 36 years ago with dr. ford and brett kavanaugh and investigate why is it that we had hearing two or three weeks ago and this never came occupy and ever it was over, an opportune time for democrats, this came forward. somebody leaked the name. it shouldn't overshadow the actual question of what happened 36 years ago. >> is it overshadowing? >> one seems like an after action report and one is the heart of the matter this week. the question for the actual fbi investigation is whether or not judge kavanaugh's drinking or college behavior is relevant and going to be looked at as a matter of course. the reporting suggests it is not part of the mandate for that investigation which only increases pressure for the course of the next week on everyone else who knew him in college. >> so paul, last word on that. the relevan

committee says, quote, i'm uncomfortable moving forward with a yes vote until we hear from ford, the accuser. now the focus is on the undecided republican who spoke could be crucial if the judiciary committee decides to go ahead with the vote scheduled for thursday to recommend kavanaugh to the full senate republicans on the judiciary committee released a statement that says in part, it is disturbing that these uncorroborated allegations from more than 35 years ago during high school would surface on the eve of a committee vote after democrats sat on them since july. two committees top democrat, senator dianne feinstein, says from the outset i have believed these allegations were extremely serious and bear heavily on judge kavanaugh's character. however, as we have seen over the past few days they also, the price with -- for the victim. i hope the attacks and shaming upper will stop this will be treated with the seriousness it deserves. the allegations could also affect kavanaugh's current job on the dc court because if it was uncovered that he lied to the di he could be impeached. >> a short time ago kava

focus on this. it matters for dr. ford of men and women in america. >> can we also remember the other big story here? it's not just a story about gender and the supreme court. we saw washington at its very worst this week. this is why americans hate washington. and i think the democrats are going to learn a lesson out of this. and that is that when you crucify somebody, you better make sure they can't start a religion. democrats this week, i think, turned this into a circus as kavanaugh said. here's what's going to come out of this. the and we saw that. the senate judiciary republicans sat there and hid behind the skirts of a female prosecutor. then kavanaugh, left to defend himself alone, stood up and said, this is horrible. you're destroying two lives here. this is washington at its worst. you know what happened? that one little moment of courage animated republicans, embarrassed them. that same thing, by the way -- now republicans have something to fight against. >> okay, but -- >> it unified the party. >> i would argue

>> i think our focus should be that dr. ford has come forward courageously, and what our committee is to do is what do we do about it? going back and saying, well, this that and the other thing, the fact is she has come forward with information that ought to be investigated by the fbi. when dr. ford said she would testify, i think she expected a fair situation. you know what happened after she came forward on sunday? i think that's when most of us read about it, the committee said, hey, we want to have a hearing with you, how about this coming tuesday? if that's not good, how about thursday? the callousness in which she was treated -- for any of us to have dealt at all with the experience of sexual trauma knows this is a damaging kind of experience and you do not treat a person that has gone through this like, oh, well, hey, how about this? i think it's appalling. i am totally disappointed that all of these people who have come forward to say we should hear from her, and now that she is expected a phaupb come of fairness are say

ford's accusation? >> i want to focushat's the question that i don't think really can be answered because there are no facts to support her version of the story. >> you know what? this is so interesting. there's this thing called an fbi investigation. we managed to do it. >> what are the facts? you said it's about facts. what are the facts that support her story? >> we can have that conversation if you'd like to have it. >> can you name one? just quickly name one. >> we haven't subpoenaed any of the people and had -- >> in other words, there are none. at the moment, there are none. that's what you're telling me. >> but rich, where we are today is the american bar association wants more investigation. jeff flake wants more investigation. others are welcoming more investigation. something's changed, something's convinced them that they want to have more investigation. i mean, you look at the video of jeff flake being confronted, phil mattingly just spoke with jeff flake, asked him if these protesters were what impacted him

investigation into all of this, republicans have said that is not appropriate now, we need to focus on christine blasey ford going forward, and have a vote soon after. can they sustain that position going forward, is going to be the ultimate question. and they can decide whether they have the votes to do that. >> please continue reporting, everybody at the table continue reporting. i want to bring in our legal analyst paul callan into the conversation. paul, i just want to ask you, as an attorney, please let our viewers understand the d distincti distinction, people are saying this is michael avenatti. this is a sworn declaration from a woman who has a career in public service, done under oath, submitted to the judiciary committee under oath in which she lays out these very difficult allegations. should it, does it carry extra weight? >> if it is in fact sworn and under oath, it carries the weight that a witness who lies under oath can be prosecuted for perjury. i am not clear -- you may have information i have not seen, john, as to whether this is an under oath declaration. the copy i have just says declar

and ford will pay no tariffs but in a statement sunday ford said it would not be profitable to build the focusive in the u.s. >>> in the movies, "the nun" topped the box office in its first week out. it's estimated "the nun" brought in $53.5 million in north american ticket sales. a best for the conjuring franchise. it cost $22 million to produce. this marks the fifth straight week that a warner brothers' film has held first place domestically. "crazy rich asians" was second. fold by the revenge movie "peppermint" . anne-marie. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. >>> still to come, fears of a humanitarian disaster. the last rebel strong hold until syria comes under a renewed assault. eal beef, plus accents of sunflower oil and apples, suddenly your dog's a health nut. (vo) the old me woulda been all over that. (avo) beneful select 10. 10 ingredients. 1 thoughtful recipe. mike and jen doyle? yeah. time for medicare, huh. i have no idea how we're going to get through this. follow me. choosing a plan can be super-complicated. but it doesn't have to be. unitedhealthcare can guide you through the confus

ford. we expect that to be the focus of his testimony today. this is a live look at the hearing room. we don't know how much longer break will go on. when the hearing resumes, the public and the nation will have chance to hear judge brett kavanaugh defend himself against these allegations. >>> political science professor -- has been with us all morning long. i saw senator lindsey graham react to this. she doesn't remember the day or the time or the house, going after her memory. senator diane finestein, how are you sure it is him? basic memory functions. is this -- she went further and said that she is 100% sure it was him. and she is so credible and it places a lot of pressure on him and the republican side of the aisle for what happens this afternoon. >> let's look at what is about to start. the outside council is going to change judge brett kavanaugh, mitchell. how does that change things. >> it allows judge brett kavanaugh to responding to usually senators are going to lay out their own political point that doesn't happen. that is probably helpful for the republicans and it probab

focus active. the plan from ford was to build it in china, where it is sold, in larger numbers, because it makes sensehere. and then import a small number here, like 50,000. relatively low volume and sell it in the u.s. well, with the tariffs, ford has said, that doesn't make sense anymore. the president's tweet alluded to that, also cited cnbc. but then he suggested, well, now they can build it in the united states and not pay a tariff at all. that's not happening ford is not bringing manufacturing of a low-volume car back to the united states. so once again, ford is the subject of a tweet from the president. this has been going on, guys, for, you know, before he even was elected president, he was saying, look, we're going to change the way ford manufactures vehicles overseas. >> would the focus be subject to a chinese retaliatory tariff in china? or do you know >> no. not -- not if it's manufactured there and sold the there >> right >> it's subject to a tariff by us of 27.5% if it's imported into this country. and that would just make it cost prohibitive. it would not be able to compete. >> the dema

ford. if every democrat votes against kavanagh, the gop can't afford to lose one of their own. the focus remains on at least five republicans who said they would withhold judgment until after the hearing including tennessee's bob corker. >> i'm not going to give any impressions. i want to hear the whole testimony before i say anything. >> reporter: so what happens now? republicans are set to meet this hour here on capitol hill to discuss next steps. they'll use that meeting to gauge support for kavanagh. as of now the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to vote tomorrow on kavanagh's nomination. if they do, the earliest the full senate would consider him is monday. but it bears repeating, jeff, in a chamber divided, 51 republicans, 49 democrats, if all the democrats vote no, republicans can afford to lose just one vote. >> and there are five republicans who have not said one way or the other which way they're going to vote. adam keefe, thank you very much. president trump said yesterday he would be watching the hearings and he held open the possibility he might pull the kavanagh nomi

this morning, the focus of the testimony was christine blasey ford, and now is continuing shortly, we'redemocrats have consistently been saying to this hearing and before that this is not a conference of luck at the accusations made against brett kavanaugh, luck at the accusations made against brett kava naugh, accusations luck at the accusations made against brett kavanaugh, accusations he of course vehemently denies. there is more than one woman who came forward. he also said the first and most independent way of doing this is by making the fbi look into these accusations. i think no one at the moment is satisfied on that front, but at what we are here from the white house this evening is that they are pretty pleased with the performance that brett kavanaugh has given this afternoon. and it's been such a study, hasn't it done in contrasting tones? christine blasey ford and then the rather defined demeanour ofjudge kavanaugh. even watching the hearing all day, what struck you about the differences in the way he testified?” struck you about the differences in the way he testified? i thin

wants an fbi investigation before testifying.lisa banks/attorney for christine blasey ford "right now she can't focussn't been investigated and where nobody has talked to her." sources say if ford doesn't speak to the committee on monday the hearing will probably be cancelled.....and a vote on kavanaugh could take place within days of that. kavanaugh, who has denied her allegations, still has the backing of the president. president trump/no font needed "he is such an outstanding man, very hard for me to imagine that anything happened."but most democrats believe ford is being treated unfairly.sen. kirsten gillibrand/d-new york"i stand with her. she is being bullied by this committee."i'm john lorinc reporting. ( james ) ( james ) shooting in maryland. ( darya ) ( darya ) ( darya ) exhaustion and frustration are building in the carolinas as thousands of people wait to go home. they're still dealing with major flooding left behind by hurricane florence. president trump visited the carolinas yesterday... offering food, supplies and words of comfort. but after days in shelters... many people just want to

27 1/2% tax on each chinese import coming into the united states which explains why ford is halting imports of its focus our auto and airline reporter phil labeau. if the president doesn't understand the cause and effect of tariffs, how do we think he's going to solve this problem? >> good question. i know within the auto industry, this is the reason that you rarely hear from auto executives. why? because they're worried the minute they say something, it will be misconstrued or that they become a target for the trump administration. so as a result, you rarely hear from auto executives. i would say the last year and a half has been one where you get a lot of when you reach out to talk to the companies, a lot of look, we can't really talk. here's what's going on. you understand our position. and it's made for an interesting way to cover the industry over the last year and a half. >> let's talk steel and aluminum tariffs. it's hitting gm and fiat chrysler. walk us through how this will effect consumers. >> it will effect the bottom line in terms of what consumers are paying. we don't know to what degree. i

connection with kavanaugh's past now plays strongly into his future, hence the continuing focus on accuser christine blasey ford whose husband russell told "the washington post" that she received moving to new zealand when she learned of kavanaugh's potential nomination. among other new details he revealed to "the post" they're living in a hotel, the children are staying with friends. they've looked into security escorts for those kids. they have received death threats. her e-mail has been hacked and they met with the fbi on friday. this morning we spoke with james roche, brett kavanaugh's freshman roommate at yale in the fall of 1983. as he told "the new yorker" and elaborated with abc 7 that he was a, quote, notably heavy drinker, even by the standards of the time, and that he became aggressive and belligerent when he was very droek. he spoke in support of debbie ramirez who has become a second accuser. judge kavanaugh would have been 18 years old at the time. at his confirmation he has sworn under oath he never committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature. when we spoke with roch

there's about four categories just right off the bat that the fbi should and probably will focus on with respect to the fordsk all those participants there that may have been the night in question she's talking about. it may not. it sounds like a similar type of gathering. then i would put in this category of the prior consistent statements, the corroborating witnesses who dr. ford spoke to. and those are so important. because remember, the people that she claims to have told this about previously, this was before judge kavanaugh was ever even on the short list for the supreme court. and so it goes to her motive. if she really did tell them about this by name or in general description, it back then, it really would show that she's not lying now. because she has no motive. she isn't trying to take him down from the supreme court. this isn't a political motive as some have said. and then the last category i would say would be just generally talking to kavanaugh's friends from high school, from college about his drinking habits. the drinking is central. and i know to some it may sound petty. it's central for t

ford announced plans to scrap the ford foe us up port into the united states. it means the focusrand name would not be sold anywhere in up s. dealerships. -- in u.s. deeperships. the president called on ford to bring some of its manufacturing back to the united states. kennedy: they do some fine work or there. edward, thank you very much. a new report claims president trump is preparing to release document that could show the mueller investigation is a witch hunt. congressional republicans called for the declassification last week. will they be as explosive as conservative leaders have promised? joining me now, buck sexton. let's go ahead and declassify. what's holding up the party? >> people are going to say it's national security. kennedy: they always say that and they are lying. you toll my line. they always say that, i used to work with t.s. and above documents all the time. some of it you say that's really sensitive. the other stuff you say it's not that big a deal. it becomes rote within the agencies that's how they do things. but when it comes to carter page we have seen t

to -- canceling products the plan was to import the focus active from 2019, but ford says duties of 25%ng a car that will find only 50,000 sales each year. analysts say other auto firms may alter their sourcing plans. yvonne: reports from the u.k. says explorer may cut thousands of jobs and some popular car models. the sunday times says as many as 24,000 staff could go as they lost more than $70 million between april and june. like other companies, ford is facing the uncertainty of exit, -- of brexit. ramy: china's a struggling hna group managed to shrink its debt for the first time after selling dozens of assets to stay afloat. total borrowing fell 9.5% to 7% in june, done more than $8 billion from the record in june. billionsold more than of dollars in assets, much of it in the hilton and radisson hotel chains. yvonne: for a look at what is coming up on bloomberg tv, let's bring in david. what are you watching? david: lots of guests. the big one is out of was on a companyozada is the alibaba invested and took a majority stake in 2016. they added to that investment in march of this yea